ted stephens was any neighbor, my dear friend. let's say he had a -- well, how do i describe it -- he was a very emotional person. danny inouye was more calm. but they formed this remarkable friendship based on shared history, going back to wowar ii. ably some sense of shared destiny in the sense they were both from the two last states to join the union, not part of the continental united states, as the first senators and were here so long, but really what united them is an enormous dedication to america. patriotism. and i said that dan inouye's legacy is in connecticut and probably most every other state. i could just go around the state and i'm thinking particularly of the years and years that danny was the chairman of the appropriations committee, and the defense appropriations committee there wasn't anything that we were able to do for connecticut in that time that he didn't support. protecting long island sound. the connecticut river. and improving our transportation systems. making grants to schools and colleges and universi